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A new fellowship program just gave 176 college students from across America the chance to work alongside Nobel Prize-winning scientists for nine weeks. The inaugural Cech Fellows will conduct real research at 131 top labs this summer.
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A preteen on a 4-H youth program excursion discovered an ancient fossil dating back to the age of dinosaurs. He plans to share his incredible find with his community at the county fair. ---
A Kansas seventh grader on a 4-H field trip spotted giant vertebrae sticking out of the ground and unearthed a 15-foot tylosaurus fossil. After 30 hours of careful cleaning, he'll share his prehistoric discovery with the community this summer.
China is transforming science education from the ground up, starting with elementary students, to build the next generation of innovators without relying on overseas training. The shift comes as young, domestically trained teams are already creating breakthrough AI and robotics technology.
A rural Ghanaian community that waited nearly 20 years for a high school just celebrated groundbreaking on a state-of-the-art girls STEM facility. The school will honor President Mahama's mother and bring advanced science education to an underserved region.
Ghana's President John Mahama is doubling down on hands-on science education to help students become creative thinkers. The government has already trained 8,000 teachers and equipped 4,000 schools with new materials.
Angolan high schoolers just proved their skills on an international stage, taking third place in a four-nation STEM competition. Their success reflects a growing national commitment to science education that's preparing the next generation for tomorrow's challenges.
A growing movement across Africa wants to transform how chemistry and science are taught by embedding entrepreneurship training directly into university programs. The goal is to help brilliant research actually reach people who need it.
More than 750 students gathered in Gbarnga for Liberia's first student-led chemistry symposium, showcasing hands-on science projects from water purification to sustainable agriculture. Teacher Adam Jarto Kallon organized the historic event to help students move beyond textbooks and apply science to real-world problems.
South Korea's leading science academy is matching 30 high school students with the nation's top researchers for five months of hands-on mentorship. Engineering grabbed more than half of all applications, signaling a promising future for the field.
Nearly 500,000 people got hands-on access to cutting-edge research labs and major scientific facilities across China during a massive public science event. Top scientists made complex discoveries accessible to everyday citizens during the weekend celebration.
Two first-generation college students from California State University, Northridge just earned one of America's most prestigious science awards for using artificial intelligence to tackle huge challenges. Their work could help find signs of life on distant planets and revolutionize energy technology.
Queensland is celebrating its first ever Dinosaur Week, bringing together the Australian state's world-class fossil sites into one epic tourism experience. British paleontologist Dr. Dean Lomax traveled 40,000 kilometers to headline the weeklong celebration of prehistoric discoveries.
HNL Lab Medicine is asking young students to imagine their greatest scientific discovery through art. The contest invites kids to fill test tube racks with colorful experiments that could cure the common cold or invent something entirely new.
For half a century, NASA's Goddard Visitor Center has brought space exploration to life for millions of visitors just outside Washington, DC. The beloved Maryland attraction opened in 1976 and continues inspiring the next generation of space enthusiasts.
Theoretical physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein's new book proves that understanding the universe doesn't require intimidating equations. She weaves together pop culture, poetry, and cosmology to make the deepest questions in physics accessible to everyone.
Skylar Grayson spent months going down wrong research paths during her astrophysics PhD, but her advisor taught her that detours are actually how science works. This May, she graduates with top honors from Arizona State University and heads to Canada to continue exploring the universe.
Sophia Durham spent four years studying how cancer spreads and just earned one of the nation's highest undergraduate research honors. The cell biology major graduates this week with the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship and a clear mission to become a professor who advances scientific discovery.
Rebecca Maynard, a high school science teacher in Massachusetts, has earned one of just six national awards recognizing excellence in teaching. Her work includes bringing real-world climate science into the classroom through expeditions to Kenya and Alaska.
Charles Brainin and Ryan Mooney just earned the Goldwater Scholarship, the highest government honor for undergraduate scientists in America. The two friends started their research journey in the same lab and recently co-authored a paper headed to a major chemistry journal.
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